Table 3 |
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| Socio-demographic and professional characteristics of participating general practitioners (GPs) and general practitioner trainees (GPTs) | ||
| Characteristics of participants | GPs, N = 62 | GPTs, N = 501 |
| Gender, female N (%) | 28 (45%) | 36 (72%) |
| Age, mean (range) | 48 (33-60) | 31 (26–47) |
| Years of experience as a GP, mean (range) | 17 (1–34) | n.a.2 |
| Group or single-handed (vocational) practice | ||
| - group practice, N (%) | 24 (39%) | 16 (32%) |
| - duo practice, N (%) | 23 (37%) | 20 (40%) |
| - single-handed practice, (%) | 15 (24%) | 14 (28%) |
| (Vocational) practice location area urban or rural | ||
| - urban, N (%) | 22 (36%) | 26 (52%) |
| Working or attending vocational training part-time or full-time3 | ||
| - part-time, N (%) | 32(52%) | 11 (22%) |
| Vocational GP trainers, N (%) | 17 (27%) | n.a. |
| Courses in palliative care attended by GP during the previous two years, N (%) | 31(50%) | n.a. |
| Specific experience of GPT in palliative care at baseline, N (%) | n.a. | 16 (32%) |
| GP estimate of number of palliative care patients in the practice who died during the previous year, mean (range)4 | 8 (1–40) | n.a. |
| GPT estimate of number of palliative care patients for whom GPT provided palliative care during the first year of vocational training, mean (range) | n.a. | 2 (0–5) |
1 four GPTs did not complete their form (holiday 2x and unknown reason 2x); 2 n.a. = not applicable; 3 full-time = 90-100%; 4 one GP answered ‘don’t know’.
Slort et al. BMC Palliative Care 2012 11:9 doi:10.1186/1472-684X-11-9
